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Dear Scott N,
May this find You well. The plastic handle is Volvo Part #6843471, which costs about $60-65 at the dealer. The red walnut handle (Part #9166797) - which will interchange with the plastic know - costs about $220, at the dealer.
To remove the handle, you must first remove the overdrive switch, which is mounted in a rearward-facing recess in the handle. To do that:
(a) grip the edges of the switch with your fingernails and pull straight back (towards the backs of the passenger seats). If the switch will not budge, use a small flat-blade screwdriver (1/8" wide) and gently lever out the switch.
(b) pull gently on the switch so that the wires become visible
(c) you'll note that the wires are soldered to small tabs on the switch. Mark which wire goes to each tab
(d) without cutting-off the tabs, cut the wires as close as possible to the switch tab (there is little slack in these wires, so get as close as you can to the tabs, but DO NOT cut the tabs).Clean the tabs with steel wool, to remove any corrosion that will obstruct soldering the wires at the end of the job
(e) grip the knob and pull upwards. It is a fiction-fit. The knob may "pop" loose suddenly.
(f) very carefully, strip off 1/8" of insulation from the wires, that go to the overdrive switch
(g) make a loop in the wire and tape the end with the bared wires to the wire.
(h) take a length of nylon twine, and drop it through the overdrive switch opening, in the handle you want to install. Be sure the twine does not get snagged inside the handle
(i) make sure the plastic bushing at the bottom of the handle is in position
(j) with the overdrive switch opening facing towards the passenger seat backs, put the handle on the square shaft
(k) as you push the handle down the square shaft, pull GENTLY on the nylon twine, to pull the wires up through the handle
(l) you may feel a "snap" as the handle seats itself at the bottom of the square shaft
(m) untape the looped wire, so that the bared ends are visible
(n) solder a bared end to each of the tabs on the overdrive switch
(o) press the switch back into position
Hope this helps.
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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